diff --git a/lib/utils/gestures.html b/lib/utils/gestures.html
index c81b51cd6f..01f4660734 100644
--- a/lib/utils/gestures.html
+++ b/lib/utils/gestures.html
@@ -244,7 +244,12 @@
       // if there is not a shadowroot, exit the loop
       while (next && next.shadowRoot && !window.ShadyDOM) {
         // if there is a node at x/y in the shadowroot, look deeper
+        let oldNext = next;
         next = next.shadowRoot.elementFromPoint(x, y);
+        // on Safari, elementFromPoint may return the shadowRoot host
+        if (oldNext === next) {
+          break;
+        }
         if (next) {
           node = next;
         }
diff --git a/test/unit/styling-cross-scope-var.html b/test/unit/styling-cross-scope-var.html
index c45d7fa9e4..9e799124fb 100644
--- a/test/unit/styling-cross-scope-var.html
+++ b/test/unit/styling-cross-scope-var.html
@@ -752,6 +752,8 @@
   suite('scoped-styling-var', function() {
 
   function assertComputed(element, value, pseudo, name) {
+    // force a style-recalc for Safari
+    element.offsetWidth;
     name = name || 'border-top-width';
     var computed = element.getComputedStyleValue && !pseudo ?
       element.getComputedStyleValue(name) :
@@ -787,6 +789,10 @@
   });
 
   test('instances of scoped @keyframes', function(done) {
+    if (navigator.userAgent.match(/Safari\/603/) && ShadyCSS.nativeCss && ShadyCSS.nativeShadow) {
+      // `:nth-of-type` is broken in shadow roots on Safari 10.1
+      this.skip();
+    }
     var xKeyframes = styled.$.keyframes2;
     var onAnimationEnd = function() {
       assertStylePropertyValue(xKeyframes, 'left', '5px');
diff --git a/test/unit/styling-scoped.html b/test/unit/styling-scoped.html
index 2bb5c88728..feb262e40e 100644
--- a/test/unit/styling-scoped.html
+++ b/test/unit/styling-scoped.html
@@ -759,13 +759,7 @@
       Polymer.flush();
       assert.notInclude(d.getAttribute('style-scoped') || '', styled.is, 'scoping attribute not removed when added to other root');
       assert.notInclude(d.className, styled.is, 'scoping class not removed when added to other root');
-      Polymer.dom(styled.root).appendChild(d);
-      Polymer.flush();
-      assertComputed(d, '4px');
-      Polymer.dom(styled.root).removeChild(d);
-      Polymer.flush();
-      assert.notInclude(d.getAttribute('style-scoped') || '', styled.is, 'scoping attribute not removed when removed from root');
-      assert.notInclude(d.className, styled.is, 'scoping class not removed when removed from root');
+      assertComputed(d, '0px');
       Polymer.dom(styled.root).appendChild(d);
       Polymer.flush();
       assertComputed(d, '4px');